DeWitt(1966) は本種とP. longipes, P. ramsayiを“longipes complex"と呼び,P. longipes longipesとP. longipes ramsayiの2亜種を認め,P. wiltoniはさらに研究が進むまではP. longipes ramsayiに含めるのが妥当であるとした。Andersen and Hureau(1979) はこの見解に従っていない。
(中村 泉)
Material examined:
1 from Chile(129.7 mm SL), FAKU CP 590.
Description:
D X36; A33; P124; P2T, 5; GR8+0+17=25; BR6; LLS49(upper), 11(lower).
HL26.5% of SL; ED6.5; BD20.7; SN6.4; IO3.6; UJ8.4; CP8.8; P1L16.9; P2L18.2; D1H8.0; D2H10.2; AH5.9.
Body elongate, compressed, body depth 5.2-5.5 times in SL. Head small, 3.8-4.0 times in SL. Snout short, as long as eye diameter. Mouth small, lower jaw slightly more projected than upper jaw, posterior margin of upper jaw extending to anterior margin of eye. Jaw teeth small in bands, those of outer row slightly enlarged anteriorly. Interorbital region narrow, about 5 rows of scales between eyes. Eye large, 3.3-3.8 times in head. Gill-rakers short and slender. Pseudobranchiae present. Nostril single, with a tube-like flap around. Upper surface of head, cheeks and opercles covered with small cycloid scales. Scales on body weak ctenoid. Pectoral fin round, nearly as long as pelvic fin. Pelvic fin situated extremely anterior to pectoral fin base, its posterior tip scarecely reaching anus. Caudal peduncle depth slightly longer than snout. Posterior margin of caudal fin round. First dorsal fin low with short base, its height less than one-third of head. Second dorsal fin also low with long base. Anal fin base slightly shorter than second dorsal fin base. Tow lateral lines; upper line running from upper insertion of opercle with gradual curve entirely to caudal peduncle region; lower line short, running on posterior part of tail region to caudal fin base. Body brown dorsally and pale brown ventrally with dark brown indistinct crossbars; a black blotch on posterior part of first dorsal fin membrane; margins of second dorsal, anal and caudal fins dusky; a dusky band on caudal fin base.
Distribution:
Argentine Patagonia, Straits of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego.
Remarks:
DeWitt(1966) called this species together with P. iongipes and P. ramsayi “longipes complex" and recognized 2 subspecies, P. longipes longipes and P. longipes ramsayi. He considered that this species should be included in the latter subspecies, until father study on this species is done.
(Izumi NAKAMURA)
Distribution of Patagonotothen wiltoni in Patagonia.